Uunguu Plants and Animals: Aboriginal Biological Knowledge from Wunambal Gaambera Country in the North West Kimberley, Australia

AUSTRALIAN FAUNA & FLORA; ABORIGINAL
Wunambal Gaambera Uunguu people’s traditional ecological and cultural knowledge of over 560 plants and animals found in their Uunguu – their living home that is Wunambal Gaambera Country of the far north Kimberley of Western Australia.
This book details Uunguu knowledge of over 560 plants and animals from Wuanmbal Gaambera Country to the far north west Kimberley in the wet-dry tropics of Australia.
Uunguu plants and animals
Introduction: background; Wunambal Gaambera country, people and culture; Regional setting; Wunambal Gaambera landscapes; Wunambal Gaambera seasons and climate; Wunambal and Gaambera languages
Fieldwork and biological knowledge recording
Wunambal Gaambera plant names and uses : trees and shrubs; cycads, palms and pandanus; herbs (small plants that do not have woody stems); mistletoes and orchid; climbers and vines; grasses and grass-like plants; lilies and water plants; mangroves and saltwater plants; yams; introduced plants
Wunambal Gaambera animal names and uses: birds; mammals; frogs; water animals; shellfish; insects; invertebrates; feral and introduced animals
Categorisation and discussion of Wunambal Gaambera plant use
Categorisation and discussion of Wunambal Gaambera animal use
Wunambal Gaambera language sounds and how to make them.
204 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, col. ports ; 25 cm. #220423